TV Guidance Counselor

November 2-8, 1963 In this episode recorded at Musso & Frank's the legendary Hollywood dining establishment, Ken welcomes former comedian and current author Klph Nesteroff to the show. Ken and Kliph discuss prime rib, butter levels, direct connections to old Hollywood, classic TV and showbiz knowledge, Kliph's origin story, Hee Haw songs, the backwoods of rural Canada, CTV vs. City Television, Hockey night in Canada, David Letterman, A&E as educational vehicle, Mad Magazine, Cracked overcompensation, Looney Tunes, local TV Guide, early Hollywood films, 70s film books, the early days of modern film critics and historians, My Favorite Martian, Ray Walston fighting Tony Randal, laugh tracks, the "tween-ification" of television, Punky Brewster, cartoons based on live action shows, Little Clowns of Happytown, the educational and protective power of basements, the best time for afros, "Spinner" Spencer's father's gun totin' channel changer, not staying out of trouble, Degrassi, Nickelodeon, You Can't Do That On Television, Les Lye and Rich Little's magic, impressionists, John Voight's right wing politics, WFMU, press pass as passport to the US, Bullwinkle's bikini, Jay Ward, Youth Television (YTV), classic voice actors, King of Kensington, Corner Gas, Al Waxman, Twitch City, The Kids in the Hall, Smith & Smith Comedy Mill, Red Green Show, Lord Love a Duck, Check It Out, musical variety shows, Red Dwarf, the novels written by UK Comics, being a YouTube Baby, doing research without the internet, thrift store comedy records, getting a phone call from Steve Martin, the lost age of 40s-50s mafia controlled comedy, Hellzapoppin', 40s sketch comedy revues, The Steve Allen Show(s), TV Guide going off script, The Tonight Show, Seahunt, To Tell the Truth, Mr. Ed, laugh tracks of the dead, the "uh-oh" woman, Alan Young, the origins of Gilligan's Island, the internet showing the truth about old TV Legends, Game Show depravity, What's My Line, Henry Morgan vs. Harry Morgan, the innovations of the Superman Radio show, Kitty Carlisle, Art Clokey, Christian Jot, Talk About Typing, My Three Sons, Camera Goes to College, beatniks, Adam 12, The Jerry Lewis Theater, The Hollywood Palace, Red Skelton, how not being that great leads to success, marketing sleaze to teenagers, AIP, Bruce Derm's Lost Drive-In, Ernest Borgnine in McHale's Navy, Kurt Russel's Disney Mystery, Carl Ballantine, Hypnotist Records, Doug Henning, Ed McMahon, Philadelphia Regional Shows, Midget Wrestling, the World's Girls, Harlan Ellison's Glass Teat, regional TV Children's Shows multi tasking, Motown by way of Canada, Bert I. Gordon, B-Movie directors making great TV directors, the sliding start times of the Tonight Show, the 90s minute format, Jack Parr, and TV Bowling.

April 30 - May 3, 1983 In this episode recorded LIVE! at the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA, Ken welcomes John Glaser and Eugene Mirman himself to the show. Ken, Jon and Eugene Discuss what's worrying TV's Sexiest Detective, Jerry Orbauch's sex appeal, Boston edition TV Guides, artists' renditions of the famous, Chicago as a Detroit suburb, why Detroit is Boston in 2024, the future of video tapes, Virginia Slims as Women's rights, being the youngest vs being the oldest, color vs. black and white, Buck Rogers, That's The Incredible! Hulk, if Bruce is a more gay name than David, Deaf Hulk, Hockey Playoffs, TJ Hooker, Southern Comfort, The Golden Age of Satellite, Dirtbag cousins, Love Boat, musical highlights, being plagued by orphans, the Chicago Mall, Brendan Tartikoff's edicts, TV's "Cowboy", "Oater" Themes, The Oater Varmints first album, kickboxing with only four toes, Steven Spielberg's 1941, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Censored Bloopers, the invention of Walking Around, Goodnight Beantown, James at 15, shows set in Detroit, "V", Stanley Cup Playoffs, Ken's scary knowledge, Beastmaster, PG movies with nudity, phobias and fears, being a prisoner, are fetishes the opposite of fears, uncumming, Battlestar Gallactica, Tony Randall, "Love, Sydney", Nerd Rivals, Space Vampire, Twiggy vs. Tweaky, Buck Rogers as Jewish Allegory, Ice Pirates, "A Little Sex...", Police Academy is way dirtier than you remember, USFL Football, LEGS, one legged dancers, Cagney & Lacey and their Very Special Episode, wife beating cops, Law & Order, beach crimes, The A-Team, The Deer Hunter, Step mother's loving Entertainment Tonight, "On TV", negative views of the Vietnam War, George Peppard vs. Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, the golden age of comedic looks at hijacking planes, The Amish, Sexy Hunchback of Notre Dame, Three's Company, Celebrity Comedy Fashion Shows, "Prevue", Black Icons are networks vs. white icons as non-networks, The Fall Guy, Ken's confusion over the character names in the Fall Guy, Mind Control, John Vernon, Wings Hauser, Cults, Square Pegs, Soccer, the Detroit Express, Greek Town, Coney Dogs, The Best Sporting Event Jon has ever seen, A very special one hour Facts of LIfe, Alex Rocco, "Nonfiction Documentary", The Children of Darkness, Vincent Price advertising anything, FAME, racist ballerinas, Magnum PI vs. Smokey and the Bandit, Ripley's Believe It Or Note, Amanda's, the US Remake of Fawlty Towers, Gimme a Break, Simon & Simon, Friday Night's lack of sports, Track and Field, Jon calling WGN to complain about disrespect of The Detroit Pistons, The Dukes of Hazard, "Sadie Hogg Day", The Bernstein Bears, The TV Debut of the Shining, Meatballs vs. Meatballs II, Why Eugene is the John Larroquette of our Time, Summer Camp as a major part of Jon's life, Space Camp, calling your camp counselor a "fucking cocksucker", Knight Rider, Night Rider Court, Baywatch Nights, Cycle Gangs, death on 80s TV, Jon's punching of a bike messenger, and Jon's status as a one man A-Team.

This week Ken welcomes actress Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst. Ken and Elizabeth discuss Sherman Oaks, the unavailability of your favorite shows, the precursor of Arrested Development, Showtime, networks vs. cable, The Fox network, classic Hollywood discovery stories, Married...with Children, the terror of performing in front of a live audience, holding for the laughs, ABC's Gary Marshall Tuesday Night Line up, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Love Boat, Happy Days, when less commercials meant better TV, being hell bent on acting, Ginger on Gilligan's Island, the niceness of people in LA, the flashy 90s, Dr. Pepper, political cancellations, Cult Hits, Reality Shows vs. Sitcoms, Modern Family, being star struck by William Shatner, Perversions of Science, Kevin Pollak, sex androids, being the object Pauly Shore's Video adoration, being naturally funny without your awareness, Get a Life, having a cousin writing for Letterman, Teri Garr, Judd Nelson's terrifying humor, "Conflict of Interest", The George Carlin Show, meeting Rodney Dangerfield, Gallagher, watching Stand Up comedy, feeling alienated on Dear John, courtship by Tony Dana, the amazing humanity of George Carlin, The Swedish Bikini team, pretending to ice skate, Michael Bay, being recognized in public, having Mick Jagger as a fan, being too extreme for the NBC censors on Wings, The Brady Bunch, meeting Chris Knight, going to the Brady house, teaching your children the classics, Brady Bloopers, the special time and place of Christmas specials, stumbling on things, Peter Billingsley, loving "Elf", never seeing "A Christmas Story", Will Ferrell, Breaking Bad, inappropriate daytime ads, sexualized billboards, being shocked that you can be shocked, children being un-phased by celebrity, Star Trek, seeing Star Wars 27 times in theaters, Jaws, and Fonzie Socks.

October 6-12, 1984 The Boston Marathon Marathon concludes! In this episode Ken welcomes writer, comedian, actor and international man's man Chris Coxen to the show. Ken and Chris discuss Transformers major appliances, the TV "sweet spot", Morgan Fairchild vs. Lynda Carter, Airwolf, TJ Hooker, Jan Michael Vincent, Evil Twins, Chris' constant name dropping, Big Wednesday, When the Saints Go Marching In, Love Boat, Boxing Dick Butkus, Knight Rider, undercover monk, why Diamond Thieves were huge in the 80s, Pick Up Trucks, The Presidential Debate, Shirley Bassey, Reagan's hair, TNN's You Can Be a Star, Portrait of a Stripper, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Charlie's Angels, Dirk Benedict, not giving a damn about Kate & Allie, Barry Tattle, singing the Love Boat Theme, Three's a Crowd, Hawaii Five-O, Ken's Hawaiian bathroom, Paperdolls, Dack Rambo, Freedome 90, Ken's love of models, how Ken and Chris are complete opposites, The Fall Guy, the popularity of stunts, Sybill Danning, Charles in Charge, Moonlighting, John Stamos' Dreams, Pat Bentar, Family Ties, Courtney Cox vs He-Man, crying in animated movies, Video Signals, renting a VCR, the first Movie Ken ever Rented - "Dawn of the Dead", the A-Team, Benson, Hunter, Deedee McCall, boring golf announcers, Jeering Joan Rivers, seeing Magnum PI and his gift giving prowess.

April 11-17, 1992 The Boston Marathon Monday Continues In this episode Ken welcomes master musician and comedian Kelly Roberge to the show. Ken and Kelly discuss whether or not Jay Leno is up to it, Golden Girls, Kelly's favorite Starship songs, hoping your grandparents are not sexual people, The Pope, Bubba Smith, finding someone who knows less about sports than Ken, Baywatch meeting Gilligan's Island, never once dreaming you were on Gilligan's Island, Dawn Wells' marijuana use, COPS in Boston, watching Cops and Judge Judy with grandma, Ken's meeting with Judge Judy, Perfect Strangers, why happy relationships are boring, Kelly's history with flying airplanes, Albert Brooks Defending Your Life, The Wonderful World of Disney, The Bloom Brothers (Scott and Brian), bikini girl based lies, Zsa Zsa Gabor on The Fresh Prince, Kelly's grandmother's verbal assault on police, warning old men about making mistakes, Ken's mother forcing beach visits, Whale Watch, Killer Whales, Jaws 3-D, Murphy Brown, "Mirror, Mirror", trashy horror, Funny Games, Mickey Rooney in Silent Night Deadly Night Part 5, Christmas in April, Ken's undying love of Bonnie Hunt, Designing Women, Full House, TV Guide puns, head posters, having stars on your ceiling, Rescue 911, Roseanne, Beyond Tomorrow, Japanese toilets, counting to ten in foreign languages, jam rice, The Wonder Years, psychics, Doogie Howser, Summer Stories: The Mall, classic shopping malls of New England, gift coins, working at the Big Y Supermarket, why the Monroe Dunkin' Donuts is the Harvard Square of CT, Bobby McFarren, Top Cops, Drexel's Class, Cheers Halloween, Monster Parties, Wings, Family Matters, Anthony Michael Hall: Action Hero, people breaking into the feed of America's Most Wanted, All Old Timers Must Die, Swamp Thing vs. Totally Hidden Video, re-runs of Letterman and the wonderful world of Eerie Indiana.

September 17-23, 1994 Boston Marathon Monday Continues! In this episode Ken welcomes comedian Chris Dimitrakopoulos, professionally known as "Chris D". Ken and Chris discuss UK Lion Bars, never using TV Guide, Greek immigrants, Teen Wolf, public nudity, John Ritter's short shorts, van surfing, Cops, Back to the Beach, Team Reid outdoor movie nights, Kenny Rogers, Baywatch, SNICK, The Simpsons, a rare Superbowl Themed episode, Unsolved Mysteries, Chris' belief in UFOs, Greek Programming, Teri Hatcher crushes, Lois and Clark, Superman the Animated Series, Hardball, Joe Flaherty, The Real World, dance crazes, talk show madness, Fresh Prince, Tatianna Ali's music career, Jennifer Love Hewitt's "Let's Go Bang", Dave's World, I Love Lucy, ER, Captain Kangaroo on Murphy Brown, Annie Potts, WWF, black boxes, Foxy Boxing, Wings, Tim Daly, The Omen IV: The Awakening, Def Comedy, ranking the hosts of Family Feud, Home Improvement, John Larroquette vs Korean News, Meatballs II, Real Genius, the greatest comedy of all time, Jackie Mason isn't Italian, Cosby Mysteries, Roseanne, Models Inc, Ellen, Martin, My So-Called Life, high school crushes, Living Single vs. Friends, Animal Instincts: Classic Softcore, Family Matters, M.A.N.T.I.S., Boy Meets World, TGIF, Step by Step, how B.O. and Italian subs smell the same, and knocking Bill Cosby down a peg or two.

BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY July 27 - August 2, 1985 This week Ken welcomes comedian and promoter Rob Crean. Ken and Rob discuss dangerous travel conditions, Pitch Black Dark, Miami Vice, Don Johnson's music career, The Return of Bruno, Michael Mann, Airwolf, Summer reruns, TJ Hooker via SNL, Baby Boomer music, Where the Boys Are, 9 hours and 5 minutes of Dana Hersey's all night party, It's Your Move, Tripods, Gimme a Break, Falling asleep when Catherine Oxenberg is in her underwear, The Lair of the White Worm, The Prisoner, Mama's Family, Martin Mull's History of White People in America, Michael Nesmith's Television Parts, Murder She Wrote, Kevin McCarthy, Bob's Burgers, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, The Hogan Family's twins, Danny Ponce, The Twilight Zone: The Movie, Ken's Albert Brooks impression, local TV Horror Hosts, the original E/R, Kate & Allie, Ken's 144 copies of Kate & Allie Season 1, Newhart, Three's a Crowd, emptying The Milky Way, Muppets Take Manhattan, Growing Pains, Hail to the Chief, Highway to Heaven, forcing Rock N Roll into everything, Facts of Life, Double Trouble, Rob's personal dating experience with a solo twin, The Funny Boys, Evil Twins, classic Must See TV, Night Court, Red Dawn, Chrispin Glover's Family Ties days, televisions existence in the mind of an autistic child, Webster, burning off pilots, Life Goes On, wine coolers, Phantom of the Paradise, legendary unsold pilots, Dramatic moments in The Comedy Factor, Benson, Missy Gold's psychiatric career, pranks, Life's Most Embarrassing Moments, and the lack of Cheers and Jeers.

May 28-June 3, 1988 Boston Marathon Monday! Ken welcomes comedian Danielle Soto to the show. Ken and Danielle discuss being drawn to a time before you were born, 1988 births, Family Ties, repressed memories of ever having used a TV Guide, Ken's TV Week/Toaster Oven TV Guide/Toaster Theory (again), Facts of Life, Back-door pilots, Empty Nest, Tumpy's marijuana addiction leading to bad gift giving, The Cosby Show binge drinking episode, 227, Golden Girls, living the Stan Episodes, Mama's Family, Doctor Who, the role of ledges in sitcoms, Throb, Dream On, Wendy Malik, Hot in Cleveland, Say Anything, being held hostage, why you never want to ride an elevator with a pregnant lady, Spenser for Hire, Family Ties, TV Land's First and Last Marathon, Nick's forgotton spin-off, My Demon Lover, hair metal, Mother Goose's Rock N Rhyme, Fairy Tale Theater, Married...with Children, Day by Day, The Terrible Revenge of the Nerds Pilot, Ted McGinnley, It's Your Move, David Garrison, not censoring children, the banned Married...with Children episode, The Christina Applegate fashion test, MTV The Week in Rock, Kate & Allie, having never seen ALF, Valerie, Ken's most embarrassing moment, seeing Spiceworld alone in the theater, Designing Women, celebrity autobiographies, Newhart, celebrity weight struggles, AIDS, Eisenhauer and Lutz, Who's the Boss, Crushing Alyssa Milano, The Dark Crystal, first run syndication, Charles in Charge, Mr. Ed, Perfect Strangers, Bibby Babkas, Vanilla Ice, Supergroup, The Surreal Life, Sebastion Bach, Moonlighting, Growing Pains, tonsillectomies, Over R-ing the pudding, Mr. Kotter, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Hooperman, Gena Davis, Summer Rental, loving the Reiners, Jamin' on the One, Summer School, why all arrangements are edible, Night Court, Beauty and the Beast, Full House, the trend of Dead Moms on television, and the end of Saturday Morning.

December 19-25, 1992 The Boston Marathon Monday Marathon Begins! Ken welcomes comedian Will Smalley to the show. Ken and Will discuss Ken's credentials, military recruitment, the best kinds of glue, Christmas week, MTV's Rock N Jock Softball, Cops, Roundhouse: World's Worst Show, Ren And Stimpy, SNICK, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Edge, Julie Brown vs. Downtown Julie Brown, The Young Comedians Special, A&E, In Living Color, America's Funniest Home Videos, Roc, Married...with Children, Herman's Head, Walking with Jesus, Fresh Prince, Evening Shade, Blossom, Joey Lawrence, quantifying the number of girls and gay men Will Smalley knows, Clarissa vs. Blossom, Bob, Wrestling Roundtable, Will's TV Debut on a WWF taping, Doink Dink, Monday Night Football vs WWF Primetime, Full House, Rescue 911, Petticoat Junction, Comicview, Roseanne, A Smokey Mountain Christmas, Dolly Parton, America's love/hate relationship with the shopping mall. Forever Knight, Beverly Hills 90210, The Wonder Years, Unsolved Mysteries, Home Improvement vs. Seinfeld, Mad About You not pumping Will's Nads, Buckaroo Banzai, Christmas Eve, sharing a room, where to hide Christmas gifts, the best bed to sleep on in bunk beds, finding out the truth about Santa, The Simpsons, Learning the Ropes, Lyle Alzado was not on "Big Brother Jake", Martin Lawrence, Armenians, Cheers, the death of Just the Ten of US, TGIF, gay characters on TV, Dinosaurs, Camp Wilder, and Ken's lack of crossword love.

September 10-16, 1978 Record Store Day Special! This week Ken welcomes comedian and Weirdo Records impresario Angela Sawyer to the show. Ken and Angela discuss dogs having accident, virtual reality, unexpected pets, having never seen Black people, racist names for animals, regional racism, Colorado, UMass Lowell, Odyssey of the Mind, Colorado: The Nexus of Pop Culture in the Beige Age, Aspen poor camps, central time, Us Against The World II, Cloris Leacheman's athletic prowess, Love Boat, Uncle tom Foolery, Scatman Crothers, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Gorgo, Roots, Event Television, Lavar Burton, Sword of Justice, Dack Rambo, Office Batman, Tennis Pros, Scott Walker (the singer not the evil governor), Igmar Bergman, Welcome Back Kotter, watching movies on laserdisc in the library, The Jeffersons, old war buddies hitting on your wife, the 70s locker famine, Ken's literal prison of a high school, Monday Night Football, fighting over custody of the Broncos, M.A.S.H., the made for TV 70s Live Action Spider-Man, Three's Company, a lie in two dates, Taxi, Starksy and Hutch, disco fever, Demon Firestar, Eight is Enough, For You...Black Woman, Popeye's disco infection, Charlie's Angels meet Dean Martin, Mork & Mindy, The Shining, Happy Days spin offs, The Clonemaster, Barney Miller, character studies, The Incredible Hulk, children's inherent fear of things busting through walls, King Tut, Brendan Cruz, alien induced mass suicide, Ron Howard's directorial debut Grand Theft Auto, and the Love Boat being the highlight of your week.